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TOCC is
working with the University of
Arizona College of Education to
address the extreme shortage of
American Indian teachers in Arizona.
In 2000, and again in 2003, TOCC was
awarded grants from the United
States Department of Education (the
two grants totaling $1.7 million) to
prepare American Indians becoming
public school teachers. Through
Project NATIVE I, TOCC successfully
placed twelve new teachers on or
near the Tohono O’odham Nation. With
Project Native II, TOCC supported
around twenty members of the Tohono
O’odham Nation and the nearby Pascua
Yaqui Tribe as they earned their
bachelor degrees in education and
become certified teachers on the
Tohono O’odham Nation or in Tucson
schools with high American Indian
enrollment. Project NATIVE III,
supported by a $3.4 million grant
from the U.S. Department of
Education, has extended the
initiative into special education
and educational leadership. A press
release about Project NATIVE appears
here:
http://uanews.org/node/23197 |
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